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10 NON-OBVIOUS WAYS JEALOUS PEOPLE COMPETE WITH YOU
Jealous people rarely announce themselves.
They don't always insult you. They don't always attack you. In fact, some of them clap the loudest when you're watching.
The competition begins in places most people never think to look.
That's what makes it dangerous. By the time you notice it, you've already been explaining yourself to someone who was secretly measuring themselves against you.
1. THEY CELEBRATE YOUR WINS... THEN IMMEDIATELY TALK ABOUT THEIR OWN.
You tell them something you've worked months to achieve.
They smile, congratulate you, then somehow the conversation becomes about their promotion, their relationship, or their plans.
It sounds harmless until you notice they rarely let your moment stay yours.
Jealous people rarely announce themselves.
They don't always insult you. They don't always attack you. In fact, some of them clap the loudest when you're watching.
The competition begins in places most people never think to look.
That's what makes it dangerous. By the time you notice it, you've already been explaining yourself to someone who was secretly measuring themselves against you.
1. THEY CELEBRATE YOUR WINS... THEN IMMEDIATELY TALK ABOUT THEIR OWN.
You tell them something you've worked months to achieve.
They smile, congratulate you, then somehow the conversation becomes about their promotion, their relationship, or their plans.
It sounds harmless until you notice they rarely let your moment stay yours.
2. THEY TURN EVERY CONVERSATION INTO A SUBTLE COMPARISON.
They don't ask because they're curious. They ask because they're collecting data.
Your income, your followers, your relationships, your plans, even your routines become silent scorecards they use to measure where they stand beside you instead of learning from you.
They don't ask because they're curious. They ask because they're collecting data.
Your income, your followers, your relationships, your plans, even your routines become silent scorecards they use to measure where they stand beside you instead of learning from you.
3. THEY COPY YOUR MOVES... BUT PRETEND THEY THOUGHT OF THEM FIRST.
Look, inspiration is normal. Quiet competition isn't.
They dismiss your ideas when you share them, then a few weeks later they're doing the exact same thing as if it appeared out of nowhere.
Credit makes them uncomfortable because it reminds them who moved first.
Look, inspiration is normal. Quiet competition isn't.
They dismiss your ideas when you share them, then a few weeks later they're doing the exact same thing as if it appeared out of nowhere.
Credit makes them uncomfortable because it reminds them who moved first.
I’m quoted in this article on policing by @haylesdixon - but the @StaffsPolice guidance is even worse than the detail covered here.
Read on for some highlights. A 🧵
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Read on for some highlights. A 🧵
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Their ‘Transgender Searching Guidance’ doesn’t just try to provide guidance.
It tells officers their Chief Constables are actively pressing for legislative change.
Because they’ve decided the law doesn’t reflect the ‘views and values’ of society on searching.
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It tells officers their Chief Constables are actively pressing for legislative change.
Because they’ve decided the law doesn’t reflect the ‘views and values’ of society on searching.
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The Guidance document also can’t really make its mind up on strip searching and what a trans identifying officer can or can’t do.
There are MANY contradictory and confusing statements that indicate an ignorance of, or deliberate avoidance of the law.
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There are MANY contradictory and confusing statements that indicate an ignorance of, or deliberate avoidance of the law.
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Israel has spied on the United States and foreign nations on multiple occasions.
In the 1970s, they stole high-speed krytron switches that are usable for nuclear triggers from California via a broker named Arnon Milchan, who publicly acknowledged doing years of undercover work to acquire sensitive technology for Israel’s nuclear program.
On 1968, an operation known as "Operation Plumbat" involved Mossad agents hijacking a cargo ship carrying 200 tons of uranium yellowcake originating from Europe, circumventing Euratom controls to secure material for their nuclear program after France had suspended direct uranium supplies to Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War.
Back in the 1960s, the Apollo affair involved more than 200 pounds of highly enriched uranium going missing from the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) plant in Apollo, Pennsylvania.
The plant's president, Dr. Zalman Shapiro, was tied to Israeli officials, and U.S. intelligence strongly suspected this material was stolen by Israeli operatives.
In the 1970s, they stole high-speed krytron switches that are usable for nuclear triggers from California via a broker named Arnon Milchan, who publicly acknowledged doing years of undercover work to acquire sensitive technology for Israel’s nuclear program.
On 1968, an operation known as "Operation Plumbat" involved Mossad agents hijacking a cargo ship carrying 200 tons of uranium yellowcake originating from Europe, circumventing Euratom controls to secure material for their nuclear program after France had suspended direct uranium supplies to Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War.
Back in the 1960s, the Apollo affair involved more than 200 pounds of highly enriched uranium going missing from the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) plant in Apollo, Pennsylvania.
The plant's president, Dr. Zalman Shapiro, was tied to Israeli officials, and U.S. intelligence strongly suspected this material was stolen by Israeli operatives.
In the optical incident of the mid-1980s, the Israeli Air Force was caught removing large volumes of technical documents (around 50,000 pages), including proprietary drawings for aerial reconnaissance cameras from a United States military firm.
The company accused Israel of attempting to steal technology to transfer to an Israeli competitor, ElOp, but Israel denied espionage and tried to frame it as a commercial contract dispute.
The company accused Israel of attempting to steal technology to transfer to an Israeli competitor, ElOp, but Israel denied espionage and tried to frame it as a commercial contract dispute.
Israeli agents also stole F-16 blueprints from General Dynamics, cluster bomb technology, chrome-plating technology for tank barrels from Napco, remotely piloted vehicle technology, and missile-related items, either using front companies or improper transfers.
Don't know anything about Andy Burnham, but I recognize the room in the middle photo. That's Private White VC.
Let me tell you about them. 🧵
Let me tell you about them. 🧵
When British economist Alfred Marshall looked out of his window in the late-19th century, he saw a country full of clothing and textile production. In the Scottish Border towns up north, weavers and knitters were making tweeds and cashmere out of local and native wools.
In the London district known as Spitalfields, the descendants of French refugees toiled over looms to make some of the world’s finest silks. Once woven, these materials were often sent to Macclesfield, where they were printed by hand.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I am tired of hearing American politicians on the left, plus those few on the right, including J.D. Vance, talking about the USA separating itself from Israel.
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@rlefraim It is time to look at this thing objectively.
The enemies of Israel and the Jewish people want the USA to end its aid program with Israel. They assume if that would happen, Israel would weaken and maybe disappear, and the conflict in the Middle East would end.
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The enemies of Israel and the Jewish people want the USA to end its aid program with Israel. They assume if that would happen, Israel would weaken and maybe disappear, and the conflict in the Middle East would end.
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@rlefraim The problem with this belief they seem to have is (1) that it shows ignorance of the problems, and (2) makes assumptions that simply are false.
Ignorance of the problem.
Israel is not the real problem for regional Muslim nations. Listen to their rhetoric.
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Ignorance of the problem.
Israel is not the real problem for regional Muslim nations. Listen to their rhetoric.
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1-4 Here are the number of FDA food recalls by month. Notice a pattern?
2- Here is the same data by year.
3- The FDA has cut "3,859 staffers in fiscal year 2025 and an additional 473 in fiscal year 2026" in food safety. This suggests an undercount of incidents after the cuts.
verifoods.com/blog/fda-workf…
verifoods.com/blog/fda-workf…
Toger Froikin @rlefraim wrote,
"Paramount and Warner Bros. merger is on hold for a year
Why?
Because of a lot of lawsuits that have been filed to stop the planned merger.
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"Paramount and Warner Bros. merger is on hold for a year
Why?
Because of a lot of lawsuits that have been filed to stop the planned merger.
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@rlefraim Some of the lawsuits say the merger would create an antitrust situation, a virtual monopoly that would damage the market.
But there is an underlying reason they are not mentioning.
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But there is an underlying reason they are not mentioning.
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@rlefraim The plaintiffs are groups of far-left-financed organizations trying to prevent Paramount, led by conservatives today, from eroding left-wing power in the entertainment and news business."
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Big 3:
Here are the Big Three problems we need to keep in focus, problems which have corroded our democracy, and need urgent repair to restore government “of the People, by the People, and for the People”:
Here are the Big Three problems we need to keep in focus, problems which have corroded our democracy, and need urgent repair to restore government “of the People, by the People, and for the People”:
1. Get the rotten dark money out of our politics. I’ve watched dark money redirect Congress away from voters, instead to big special interests with the motives and means to feed the big, crooked dark money machine.
2. Defeat the fossil fuel industry’s climate denial fraud operation and its dark money corruption operation. Those crooked operations have dominated Congress for far too long, and the price to us of their political influence is way too high.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote,
"While the Democrats are appearing to have a dilemma about Israel and Jews, a bit of history might be needed to destroy two Democrat Party myths.
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"While the Democrats are appearing to have a dilemma about Israel and Jews, a bit of history might be needed to destroy two Democrat Party myths.
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@rlefraim (1) That they were the party that supported Israel since its reestablishment, and (2) that they are the party of civil rights in the USA.
Perhaps Jews who blindly believe in the Democratic Party and their media should think a bit.
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Perhaps Jews who blindly believe in the Democratic Party and their media should think a bit.
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@rlefraim So, let's take Myth Number One.
The Democrats point to the historical fact that President Harry Truman, in 1948, was the first to recognize the new State of Israel de jure, beating out the Soviets, who recognized Israel slightly later.
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The Democrats point to the historical fact that President Harry Truman, in 1948, was the first to recognize the new State of Israel de jure, beating out the Soviets, who recognized Israel slightly later.
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Humanity has split the atom, mapped the genome and taught machines to speak—yet it has not conquered greed, loneliness or war. Our deepest crisis is not a lack of intelligence. It is distance from our Creator. The spiritual revolution must begin within. #JihadOfThePen
2/26
No human being can convert another heart. Allah alone guides. Our duty is only to convey truth with wisdom, prayer and beautiful character: “There should be no compulsion in religion.” (Qur’an 2:256)
3/26
The Jihad of the Pen is not a war against people. It is a struggle against falsehood, ignorance and hatred—fought with reason, revelation, compassion and prayer. The pen must heal what the sword can never reach.
4/26
If your religion makes you arrogant, cruel or indifferent to suffering, you have misunderstood religion. Nearness to God should make a person more truthful, more humble and more merciful to every creature.
5/26
To the person who doubts God: do not pretend certainty, and do not borrow anyone else’s faith. Make one honest prayer: “O God, if You exist, reveal the path to You.” Ask sincerely and persistently—then remain awake to the answer.
6/26
Science explains how creation behaves; faith asks why there is an intelligible creation, why consciousness can comprehend it and why moral truth commands us even when selfishness would profit us. Truth has nothing to fear from truth.
7/26
The Qur’an does not ask humanity to abandon reason. It repeatedly calls us to observe, reflect, compare and seek evidence. Blind imitation is not faith. Faith is the heart recognizing what honest thought and living experience confirm.
8/26
Islam is not the property of one race, language or nation. It is the invitation to surrender the ego to the One God, live in peace with His creation and serve humanity without asking its creed, color or country.
9/26
The Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ answered persecution with patience, power with mercy and victory with forgiveness. Anyone who invokes his name to justify cruelty has obscured the very character he claims to defend.
10/26
The real Sunnah is not anger performed for an audience. It is prayer when no one sees, honesty when lying is profitable, mercy when revenge is possible, and service when no praise will follow.
11/26
Islam does not need coercion. A faith imposed by fear is not faith at all. Let every belief stand in the open marketplace of ideas, and let truth prevail through its evidence, beauty and power to transform human lives.
12/26
To every Christian: Ahmadis love Jesus (as) as the Messiah, honor his miraculous birth and defend his noble name. We believe his promised return was fulfilled in spirit—not by his physical descent, but through a reformer bearing his qualities.
13/26
The world did not need a body descending through the clouds. It needed the spirit of Jesus: humility, healing, prayer and victory without violence. Ahmadis believe that spirit appeared in Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (as). Examine his claim.
14/26
Ahmadis affirm Muhammad ﷺ as Khatam an-Nabiyyin, the Seal of the Prophets, and the Qur’an as the final divine law. The Promised Messiah (as) brought no new scripture or law; he came wholly subordinate to Muhammad ﷺ to revive his faith.
15/26
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi—not to found a new religion, but to restore Islam to the Qur’an, prayer, reason, peace and living communion with God. A claim this great deserves investigation, not inherited dismissal.
16/26
Judge the Promised Messiah’s claim by the standard he offered: the Qur’an, the prophecies of Muhammad ﷺ, the truth of his writings, the signs supporting his mission and the spiritual fruits of the community he established.
17/26
Ahmadiyya Khilafat seeks no territory, commands no army and rules no state. Its authority is moral and spiritual: uniting people of many nations in prayer, sacrifice, service and peace under one divinely guided leadership.
Humanity has split the atom, mapped the genome and taught machines to speak—yet it has not conquered greed, loneliness or war. Our deepest crisis is not a lack of intelligence. It is distance from our Creator. The spiritual revolution must begin within. #JihadOfThePen
2/26
No human being can convert another heart. Allah alone guides. Our duty is only to convey truth with wisdom, prayer and beautiful character: “There should be no compulsion in religion.” (Qur’an 2:256)
3/26
The Jihad of the Pen is not a war against people. It is a struggle against falsehood, ignorance and hatred—fought with reason, revelation, compassion and prayer. The pen must heal what the sword can never reach.
4/26
If your religion makes you arrogant, cruel or indifferent to suffering, you have misunderstood religion. Nearness to God should make a person more truthful, more humble and more merciful to every creature.
5/26
To the person who doubts God: do not pretend certainty, and do not borrow anyone else’s faith. Make one honest prayer: “O God, if You exist, reveal the path to You.” Ask sincerely and persistently—then remain awake to the answer.
6/26
Science explains how creation behaves; faith asks why there is an intelligible creation, why consciousness can comprehend it and why moral truth commands us even when selfishness would profit us. Truth has nothing to fear from truth.
7/26
The Qur’an does not ask humanity to abandon reason. It repeatedly calls us to observe, reflect, compare and seek evidence. Blind imitation is not faith. Faith is the heart recognizing what honest thought and living experience confirm.
8/26
Islam is not the property of one race, language or nation. It is the invitation to surrender the ego to the One God, live in peace with His creation and serve humanity without asking its creed, color or country.
9/26
The Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ answered persecution with patience, power with mercy and victory with forgiveness. Anyone who invokes his name to justify cruelty has obscured the very character he claims to defend.
10/26
The real Sunnah is not anger performed for an audience. It is prayer when no one sees, honesty when lying is profitable, mercy when revenge is possible, and service when no praise will follow.
11/26
Islam does not need coercion. A faith imposed by fear is not faith at all. Let every belief stand in the open marketplace of ideas, and let truth prevail through its evidence, beauty and power to transform human lives.
12/26
To every Christian: Ahmadis love Jesus (as) as the Messiah, honor his miraculous birth and defend his noble name. We believe his promised return was fulfilled in spirit—not by his physical descent, but through a reformer bearing his qualities.
13/26
The world did not need a body descending through the clouds. It needed the spirit of Jesus: humility, healing, prayer and victory without violence. Ahmadis believe that spirit appeared in Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (as). Examine his claim.
14/26
Ahmadis affirm Muhammad ﷺ as Khatam an-Nabiyyin, the Seal of the Prophets, and the Qur’an as the final divine law. The Promised Messiah (as) brought no new scripture or law; he came wholly subordinate to Muhammad ﷺ to revive his faith.
15/26
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi—not to found a new religion, but to restore Islam to the Qur’an, prayer, reason, peace and living communion with God. A claim this great deserves investigation, not inherited dismissal.
16/26
Judge the Promised Messiah’s claim by the standard he offered: the Qur’an, the prophecies of Muhammad ﷺ, the truth of his writings, the signs supporting his mission and the spiritual fruits of the community he established.
17/26
Ahmadiyya Khilafat seeks no territory, commands no army and rules no state. Its authority is moral and spiritual: uniting people of many nations in prayer, sacrifice, service and peace under one divinely guided leadership.
18/26
“Love for All, Hatred for None” is not a slogan for easy days. It is a discipline: defend the oppressed without becoming unjust, answer insults without hatred and see in every human being a soul created by the same God.
19/26
When Ahmadis face persecution, their answer is patience, lawful advocacy, prayer and service—not retaliation. This is not weakness. It is the courage to refuse the cycle by which yesterday’s victim becomes tomorrow’s oppressor.
20/26
God sent guidance to every people. Therefore, a Muslim should approach the world’s faiths with respect, searching for the light that remains within them—not mocking their founders or treating billions of human beings as abandoned by their Creator.
21/26
To my fellow Muslims: if Muhammad ﷺ foretold a Messiah and Mahdi for the latter days, the question is not whether he would come, but how we would recognize him. Read Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) before allowing others to decide his claim for you.
22/26
Do not try to conquer mankind. Serve mankind until people ask what faith produced such love. Feed the hungry, comfort the lonely, defend the persecuted, forgive your enemy and pray for all. Character is the argument no skeptic can dismiss.
23/26
Try this for 30 days: pray daily, read the Qur’an with translation for 15 minutes, abandon one hidden sin, perform one private act of service and ask God for guidance. Do not merely debate whether faith works—practice it and observe what changes.
24/26
If you want to understand Ahmadiyya, do not begin with rumors about Ahmadis. Read our books, hear our Khalifa, visit our mosque and ask us directly. Truth welcomes investigation. Begin at AlIslam.org. #Ahmadiyya #MessiahHasCome
25/26
Our ambition is vast, but our method is gentle: win no land, compel no conscience, injure no person. Win hearts for the One God through the Qur’an, the example of Muhammad ﷺ, the truth of the Promised Messiah (as), prayer and unconditional service.
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O Allah, make our words truthful, our arguments wise and our conduct more eloquent than our pens. Remove hatred from our hearts. Guide us and guide through us—but never let pride corrupt our service. Let humanity recognize You through love. Ameen.
“Love for All, Hatred for None” is not a slogan for easy days. It is a discipline: defend the oppressed without becoming unjust, answer insults without hatred and see in every human being a soul created by the same God.
19/26
When Ahmadis face persecution, their answer is patience, lawful advocacy, prayer and service—not retaliation. This is not weakness. It is the courage to refuse the cycle by which yesterday’s victim becomes tomorrow’s oppressor.
20/26
God sent guidance to every people. Therefore, a Muslim should approach the world’s faiths with respect, searching for the light that remains within them—not mocking their founders or treating billions of human beings as abandoned by their Creator.
21/26
To my fellow Muslims: if Muhammad ﷺ foretold a Messiah and Mahdi for the latter days, the question is not whether he would come, but how we would recognize him. Read Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) before allowing others to decide his claim for you.
22/26
Do not try to conquer mankind. Serve mankind until people ask what faith produced such love. Feed the hungry, comfort the lonely, defend the persecuted, forgive your enemy and pray for all. Character is the argument no skeptic can dismiss.
23/26
Try this for 30 days: pray daily, read the Qur’an with translation for 15 minutes, abandon one hidden sin, perform one private act of service and ask God for guidance. Do not merely debate whether faith works—practice it and observe what changes.
24/26
If you want to understand Ahmadiyya, do not begin with rumors about Ahmadis. Read our books, hear our Khalifa, visit our mosque and ask us directly. Truth welcomes investigation. Begin at AlIslam.org. #Ahmadiyya #MessiahHasCome
25/26
Our ambition is vast, but our method is gentle: win no land, compel no conscience, injure no person. Win hearts for the One God through the Qur’an, the example of Muhammad ﷺ, the truth of the Promised Messiah (as), prayer and unconditional service.
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O Allah, make our words truthful, our arguments wise and our conduct more eloquent than our pens. Remove hatred from our hearts. Guide us and guide through us—but never let pride corrupt our service. Let humanity recognize You through love. Ameen.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote:
"Semantics Are Important
Settlers, residents, re-settlers???
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"Semantics Are Important
Settlers, residents, re-settlers???
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@rlefraim I’ve been thinking more and more that the biggest problem Jews have is changing the way Jews perceive themselves, Judaism, Jewish rights, and Jewish dignity. I guess that is why I am so stubborn about the issue of terminology.
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@rlefraim We should not be defining ourselves by what those who hated us think, or by the terms they apply to us for their own interests, or the terms we adopted under their cultural domination.
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@FiresOfTruth BTW ... I noticed something odd. After you replied to some posts by L, I noticed that my account had you blocked.
@FiresOfTruth I phrase it that way, because I couldn't remember having done any such thing and your account looked far more like the kind of account I'd follow than the kind I'd block.
I got curious, so I tried to find out if we had ever interacted, and as far as I could tell, we hadn't.
I got curious, so I tried to find out if we had ever interacted, and as far as I could tell, we hadn't.
@FiresOfTruth Then I remembered that a few years ago, Twitter took the liberty of having users accounts un-follow other users, without the knowledge of the owners of the accounts they were tampering with. The owners would then discover this later.
